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Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
But Don't Ask Him on YouTube... Four days after the Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C,. more than 400 questions directed to the GOP presidential field have been uploaded on YouTube — targeted at Republicans scheduled to get their turn at videopopulism on Sept. 17.
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Patrick Ruffini / Townhall.com:
GOPers Bail on YouTube Debate? — Over the last few hours, I'd been hearing buzz that GOP candidates were going wobbly on the CNN/YouTube debate. I was dismissive. Given the huge earned media hit the Democrats got this week, the fact that even the highly partisan questioners acquitted themselves better …
John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Granite Status: Romney no fan of CNN/YouTube debate antics
Granite Status: Romney no fan of CNN/YouTube debate antics
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
It's looking like... GOP: YOUTUBE TOO SCARY FOR US
It's looking like... GOP: YOUTUBE TOO SCARY FOR US
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Leahy issues subpoena for Rove — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday issued a subpoena for top White House adviser Karl Rove to compel him to testify about the firing of several U.S. attorneys. — "The evidence shows that senior White House political operatives …
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David Stout / New York Times:
F.B.I. Chief Challenges Gonzales's Testimony — The dispute over the truthfulness of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales reached a new intensity today as the F.B.I. Director, Robert S. Mueller 3rd, contradicted Mr. Gonzales's sworn testimony before a Senate committee.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
It's been pretty... TPM TO MSM: COME ON IN! THE WATER FEELS FINE!
It's been pretty... TPM TO MSM: COME ON IN! THE WATER FEELS FINE!
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Martha Mendoza / Associated Press:
AP: New Details on Tillman's Death — SAN FRANCISCO - — Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman's forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player's death amounted to a crime …
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TRex / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: A Whole New Level of Horror — "This war is so f**king illegal." (Patrick Tillman) — From the AP: … In other words, Pat Tillman was most likely murdered in the field. In cold blood. By other US soldiers. — This must be what the Bush Administration was trying …
Ace of Spades HQ:
Source: TNR Is A Lot More Worried Than They're Letting On; Scott Thomas Got His Job For Plame-ish Reasons — There's actually more to this. Let's just say TNR are playing the hard guys. As a for instance, someone was searching for all of "Gracie's" posts at discarded lies last night.
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Fred File:
Hazleton Immigration Decision — Most Americans want something to be done about the illegal immigration problem we have in this country. They've been expecting the federal government to enforce the immigration laws already on the books. The federal government hasn't done that …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
O'Reilly cuts Hall's mic to get the last word about BilloReilly.com's HATE comments — As O'Reilly smeared Kos and YKos yet again, Jane Hall told Bill that his own website had hate comments on it. BillO called her a liar and then they cut her mic off so he was sure to get the last word in …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. Officials Voice Frustrations With Saudis' Role in Iraq — During a high-level meeting in Riyadh in January, Saudi officials confronted a top American envoy with documents that seemed to suggest that Iraq's prime minister could not be trusted. — One purported to be an early alert …
Matthew Rothschild / The New Press:
You Have No Rights — Stories of America in an Age of Repression — Paperback — PAPERBACK ORIGINAL CHILLING STORIES OF ORDINARY AMERICANS WHOSE EVERYDAY LIBERTIES HAVE BEEN VIOLATED SINCE SEPTEMBER 11 — I'm very liberal and sometimes my friends say I'm giving them some kind of paranoid …
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Immigration. Again. — Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he's floating a plan that would grant legal status to the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants, but offer no path to citizenship. — "It might be the equivalent of a green card," Specter said Thursday.
CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton calls Bush-Cheney comparison 'silly' — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton sharply dismissed Thursday a recent suggestion from chief rival Barack Obama that she is "Bush-Cheney light," telling CNN the comparison is "silly."
Joe Bel Bruno / Associated Press:
Stocks Plunge; Dow Down More Than 310 — Stocks Plunge on Lending Worries, As Dow Industrials Plunge More Than 310 Points — NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street suffered one of its worst losses of 2007 Thursday, leading a global stock market plunge as investors succumbed to months of worry about the mortgage and corporate lending markets.
Michael Yon:
Bird's Eye View — Bird's Eye View: The Battle for Baqubah — A Tactical Operations Center (TOC) is the headquarters for a unit. Company-level TOCs are the smallest I have seen. A typical infantry company has about a hundred or more soldiers. The commander will normally be a captain.